diff --git a/chain/store/store.go b/chain/store/store.go
index 8f15b568f..7f552313f 100644
--- a/chain/store/store.go
+++ b/chain/store/store.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/util/adt"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/api"
-	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/build"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/state"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/vm"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/metrics"
@@ -964,10 +963,6 @@ func (cs *ChainStore) GetTipsetByHeight(ctx context.Context, h abi.ChainEpoch, t
 		return ts, nil
 	}
 
-	if ts.Height()-h > build.ForkLengthThreshold {
-		log.Warnf("expensive call to GetTipsetByHeight, seeking %d levels", ts.Height()-h)
-	}
-
 	lbts, err := cs.cindex.GetTipsetByHeight(ctx, ts, h)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/chain/sub/incoming.go b/chain/sub/incoming.go
index 8b5643de7..ba61dc5c5 100644
--- a/chain/sub/incoming.go
+++ b/chain/sub/incoming.go
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ func HandleIncomingBlocks(ctx context.Context, bsub *pubsub.Subscription, s *cha
 		src := msg.GetFrom()
 
 		go func() {
-			log.Infof("New block over pubsub: %s", blk.Cid())
-
 			start := time.Now()
 			log.Debug("about to fetch messages for block from pubsub")
 			bmsgs, err := s.Bsync.FetchMessagesByCids(context.TODO(), blk.BlsMessages)
@@ -145,8 +143,7 @@ func (bv *BlockValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, pid peer.ID, msg *pubsub
 	// track validation time
 	begin := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
-		end := time.Now()
-		log.Infof("block validation time: %s", end.Sub(begin))
+		log.Debugf("block validation time: %s", time.Since(begin))
 	}()
 
 	stats.Record(ctx, metrics.BlockReceived.M(1))
diff --git a/chain/sync_manager.go b/chain/sync_manager.go
index e00063961..deb626fda 100644
--- a/chain/sync_manager.go
+++ b/chain/sync_manager.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (sm *SyncManager) syncScheduler() {
 }
 
 func (sm *SyncManager) scheduleIncoming(ts *types.TipSet) {
-	log.Info("scheduling incoming tipset sync: ", ts.Cids())
+	log.Debug("scheduling incoming tipset sync: ", ts.Cids())
 	if sm.getBootstrapState() == BSStateSelected {
 		sm.setBootstrapState(BSStateScheduled)
 		sm.syncTargets <- ts
diff --git a/chain/vm/runtime.go b/chain/vm/runtime.go
index d9268afe4..6e425474c 100644
--- a/chain/vm/runtime.go
+++ b/chain/vm/runtime.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (rt *Runtime) shimCall(f func() interface{}) (rval []byte, aerr aerrors.Act
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			if ar, ok := r.(aerrors.ActorError); ok {
-				log.Errorf("VM.Call failure: %+v", ar)
+				log.Warnf("VM.Call failure: %+v", ar)
 				aerr = ar
 				return
 			}
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (rt *Runtime) Context() context.Context {
 }
 
 func (rt *Runtime) Abortf(code exitcode.ExitCode, msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	log.Error("Abortf: ", fmt.Sprintf(msg, args...))
+	log.Warnf("Abortf: ", fmt.Sprintf(msg, args...))
 	panic(aerrors.NewfSkip(2, code, msg, args...))
 }